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though: “what though” (1) with clause=even though Ado V. i. 135 “What care killed a cat, thou hast mettle enough in thee to kill care,” R3 I. i. 153, Ant. III. xi. [xiii.] 4, Ven. 574 “What the rose hath prickles, yet 'tis pluck'd” ; (2) with ellipsis of clause =What does it matter? What then? Wiv. I. i. 288, AYL. III. iii. 53, John I. i. 169, H5 II. i. 9.